MICHOACAN CLAP RULES REMIX 12″ ON JUNO

In The Dark of the night review by Simon Spacerock

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“There comin’ in the dark at night………….”!

Damn right! – they also seem to be coming in large chunks from DFA at the moment – simply pumpin’ one great debut release out after the other!

Someone give their A&R man and Label Manager at great hug - “Mr. Ambassador – you are positively spoiling us!”.

Michoacan – or better known as – Fernando Miranda Rios to his mum – provides an awesome debut release for DFA in the shape of – “In The Dark At Night”- after having released stuff for Grayhound, Headinghome, Lektroluvv, Smash Hit Music Co., Speak Recordings, Bearfunk and Tiny Sticks.

The slow-burning, acoustic-ridden original of this is the aural equivalent of an 18 wheel Desert Train running you over in steady mid-tempo, funki’fied, space’y fashion complete with Space-Boogie spelled in large capital letters.

Flip the beast over and Italy’s – Clap Rules – deconstructs the track entirely by structuring a HUGE wah wah driven, Disco-splattered monster of a remix, which wouldn’t find itself out of place in an episode of “Starsky & Hutch”.

With plenty of 8 Bit action coupled with glossy keys, Funk oozing from every pore and a phat bassline to hold onto this is exactly the kind of stuff you wanna dance naked to while eye-ing up a blind Doberman!

Large – very!

Mp3: Michoacan – In The Dark At Night (Clap Rules Remix)

In the mix

CROOKERS MINI MIX

BBC RADIO1  26/2/2010
Ellie Goulding – Under The Sheets (Jakwob Remix) [Polydor]
DJ Zinc & Ms Dynamite – Wile Out [Bingo]
Cecile & Venice – Rimmel [Gomma]
Uffie – MCs Can Kiss [Ed Banger]
Rihanna – Rude Boy [TC Mix]
DJ SS – Lighter [Formation]
Dangerous Dan – The Ritz (Riton Remix) [Bang Gang]
Grum – Cant Shake This Feeling [Heartbeats]
Janelle Monáe – Tightrope [White]
Joker & TC – It Aint Got A Name [White]
Pengiun Prison – Something I’m Not [Neon Gold]
Michoacan – In The Dark Of Night (Clap Rules Remix) [DFA]
Brodinski – Arnold [Grizzly]